Record Details
| NHER Number: | 10240 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Potentially prehistoric human skull |
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Summary
In 1954 a male human skull was recovered from the banks of the River Yare. This skull is of an uncertain age, although at the time of its discovery it was suggested that its morphology pointed to a possible Mesolithic date.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 3338 0630 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG30NW |
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| Parish: | STRUMPSHAW, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1954. Stray Find.
From bank of River Yare:
Human skull. Donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1954.65). See photographs (CM 630-634) in file.
Identified by C. P. B. Wells as from a male 30-35 year old male. Dated as potentially Mesolithic - this was however on morphological grounds only and must therefore be treated with caution.
Information from NCM record card. See also newpaper article (S1).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 6 May 2014.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Unknown date)
- FINDSPOT (Mesolithic - 10000 BC? to 4001 BC?)
Associated Finds
- HUMAN REMAINS (Unknown date)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 30 NE 9. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Human Skeletal Remains (HSR). Strumpshaw. |
| <S1> | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1954. Very Old Skull. 13 April. |
Related records - none
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